What is the Creationist model?

The Creationist model can be broken into two contrasting beliefs: Young Earth creationism and Old Earth creationism.

Young Earth creationists follow the literal interpretation of the Genesis creation story in The Bible, believing that God created the Universe, Earth and life within six days, each day spanning 24 hours. They do not accept evolution as the method by which life developed.

Old Earth creationists conform with scientific evidence of the Earth's age, believing that creation did not happen within six, 24-hour days, but in much longer periods of time spanning thousands, millions, or billions of years. Old Earth creationists believe God developed life over long periods of time, making them conform more closely to evolution, but not strictly to it.